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A Syntactic Analysis 37 Questions in Anaang: A Syntactic Analysis By EDENOWO T. ENANG Department of English/Lit. Studies, Obio Akpa Campus, Akwa Ibom State University, Akwa Ibom State. ANIEKAN L. NYARKS Department of English/Lit. Studies, Obio Akpa Campus, Akwa Ibom State University, Akwa Ibom State. And SUSANNA T. UDOKA, (Ph.D) Department of English/Lit. Studies, Obio Akpa Campus, Akwa Ibom State University, Akwa Ibom State. Abstract This paper is the first research attempt which addresses Questions in Anaang: A Syntactic Analysis. It analyses the structural relations within the various question types in the two languages on a syntactic rank scale. Data on the work were collected through the use of questionnaire administered on one hundred (100) respondents selected by stratified random sampling technique from the eight local government areas of Akwa Ibom State which constitute the area of the study. Oral interviews with selected speakers of the Anaang were conducted as a means of data collection. Analysis of the desired variables of the data collected embraced Government and Binding Theoretical Framework. Therefore, the structural relations within the various question types have been sorted out and carefully accounted for. The paper reveals that 1 The Intuition, Volume 6 No. 1, September, 2014, ISSN: 2276-9692 the classification of the question types is not watertight in Anaang as membership of one division is open to other members of another topological division. The paper further reveals that the base-generated auxiliaries in Anaang questions are moveable because of their agglutinative nature to the verbs. Finally, it has been revealed that the “Type 1” tense morpheme (maa, me, yaa and paa) is used in Anaang for asking positive yes/no but would change to “Type 11” (ke/ki and di) in negative Yes/No question whereas in Wh- questions the “Type 11” tense allomorphs are used. Finally, based on the hypothesis that there are syntactic structures in the Anaang language called questions, a clearer, insightful and more objective analysis of these structures can be achieved with the use of the GB theory. The use of the GB theory also to analyse some other aspects of the Anaang language, will help in the teaching and learning the Anaang language. Grammar, according to Chomsky (1957) consists of interacting levels of analysis which include phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax. This work is undertaken mainly at the level of syntax, although references have been made to other levels where necessary. This is an attempt to reflect language as a system of integration. Syntax has been defined by various scholars to fit into their specific research and grammatical theories. The researchers of this work, however, intend to consider syntax as defined by Essien (1990) which according to him: …examines the component parts or constituents of sentences of a language and the interrelatedness these constituents as well as consisting of various phenomena pertaining to the form and organization of sentences in a language: the words of the language, the order in which they occur or must occur and their interdependenciesthat produce well formed and meaningful sentences constitute the matter of syntax. This study focuses on the syntactic analysis of interrogative structures in Anaang Language using some aspects of the Government and Binding theory (GB). The GB theory of analysis was developed by Chomsky in (Chomsky, 1981) and consists of interacting sub-component of the rule system and the system of principles. The phrasal analysis in this study utilized the X (X-bar) theory, which is one of the modules of the Government and Binding theory developed by Chomsky in the 1970s and was later popularized by Jackendoff (1977). The X (X-bar) theory is a phrase structure theory which has provided insights into the common properties of different types of phrases and also recognizes intermediate categories in phrasal analysis. According to Ndimele (1991), “the X¹’ (X-bar) theory determines the configuration of the D-structure” in Government and Binding theory. 2 Questions in Anaang: A Syntactic Analysis - Edenowo T. Enang; Aniekan L. Nyarks and Susanna T. Udoka, (Ph.D) On Interrogative Structures Sentences or statements that intend to find out ‘when is the action taking place’, ‘what is the action’, ’which is the action’, ‘why is the action’, ‘where the action takes place’, ‘who is the actor or sufferer’, ‘whose is the action’, ‘to whom is the action directed’ and or ‘the extent to which the action takes place’ are grammatically and functional analysed as ‘questions’ in a language. In a more technical sense of the word, questions are sentences or statements that are interrogative in nature (Radford, 1981; Essien, 1990, Haegeman 1994). Interrogative sentences in natural languages generally ask for clarification or specific information about facts, place, reason, time, person or degree and so forth. This authority; Radford (1981) has classified questions in natural languages into three pairs namely: Yes-No and Wh-questions, Echo and Non-echo questions and Direct and Indirect questions. Heageman (1994) on his part also classified questions along the same line as Radford. However, this topological classification or division is not watertight because membership of one typological division is open to members of another typological division. Accordingly, one can now have a Yes-No Echo question, a Wh-echo question, a Wh-non echo question, a Direct Yes-No question, a Direct Wh-question, an Indirect Wh-echo question and an Indirect Wh-echo question. It must however, be borne in mind that there is bound to be variation in the word order of the two languages as we consider the following instances: 1a. Akworiko ala ukood fien. 1b. The Preacher will call you. 2a. Akworiko ala ukood fien? 2b. The Preacher will call you? (Variation on word order) 2c. Will the Preacher call you? 3a. Akworiko ali kood iniegwo? 3b. The Preacher call who? 4a. Iniegwo ke Akworiko alikood? 4b. Who will the Preacher call? 5a. Mmekere me Akworiko alikood Ubong 5b. I wonder whether the Preacher will call Ubong. 6a. Mmekere m’iniegwo ke Akworiko alikood. 6b. I wonder who the Preacher will call. 7a. Afo akewo k’Ubong akeka ukeke? 7b. You said Ubong went where? (Variation in word order). 7c. Where did you say Ubong went to? 3 The Intuition, Volume 6 No. 1, September, 2014, ISSN: 2276-9692 A syntactic analysis of these sentences reveal that (1) is a declarative sentence stating a fact. (2) is a direct Yes-No question, (3) is a direct Echo question, (4) is a Wh- question, (5) is an indirect Yes-No question, (6) is an indirect Wh-qestion, (7) is an indirect Wh-Echo question. Yes-No (Polar) Question Yes-No question is so named in that it allows “yes” or “no” in English, whereas in Annang, the reply for this question type would either be “eh” or “ijoo” or their equivalents in other languages as appropriate replies as in the examples below: 8a. Uka alali akud ikoawasi ? = Will your mother come on Sunday? 8b. Eh! Or Ijoo! = Yes or No It is not mandatory for the respondent in 8b to offer “eh or ijoo” = “yes or no” to such questions. The respondent may as well say “Akemide = May be” “Nnionghoke = I don’t know” “Nkereke = I don’t think so” and so forth. But at least, the respondent has Yes or No as the shortest and most convenient option. Yes-No questions can be in the form of echo question, direct yes-no questions or indirect Yes-No questions. Let us consider (9) below: 9a. Udo amabop ufok itiad. Udo has built a zinc house. 9b. Afo amabop ufok itiad? You have built a zinc house? 9c. Atim amakop sitie? Had Atim heard the news? 9d. Anye amanwiip me ami [mekop sitie]. She asked me if I heard the news. (9a) is a declarative statement while (9b) is a Yes-No echo question echoing the speech of the speaker in (9a) above. Here, the identifying element of the Yes-no echo question is the rising intonation pattern and not a Wh-word. (9c) is a direct Yes-No question, while (9d) is an indirect Yes-No question. The question element in (9d) is the bracketed portion of the sentence (i.e. the subordinate clause). Wh-questions Wh-questions involve the use of interrogative words. According to Radford (1981), these interrogative words normally begin with WH in English language and include words like who, why, what, when, where, which, whose and how. In such questions, the speaker is requesting information about the identity of some entity in the sentence. A wh-question asks for information about the identity of a particular person and an appropriate reply will therefore be a word or a phrase or sentence containing the requisite information. In the same way, a why-question asks for the supply of information for the specification of a reason, a where-question asks for the specification 4 Questions in Anaang: A Syntactic Analysis - Edenowo T. Enang; Aniekan L. Nyarks and Susanna T. Udoka, (Ph.D) of a place and so forth. Let us see consider the dialogue between Uduak and Edidiong in (10) below: 10a. Uduak: Ingihe ake be ekpad ami mkpong? Who picked my bag yesterday? 10b. Edidiong: Aniema. Aniema. 10c. Uduak: Ntak afo kejaka anye abene ? Why did you allow her to pick it? 10d. Edidiong: Ami nkibaha ku’fok idaha akebene. I was not at home when she picked it. 10e. Uduak: Afo keka uke? Uduak: Where did you go? 10f. Edidiong: Ufok Awasi. Edidiong: The church. Echo-questions Echo-questions has to do with a situation where speaker A makes a statement while speaker B re-echoes the speech of speaker A.
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